Torch and heater.



No. 6624,|9|. Patented Nov. 2U; |900.

C. L. GE FRURER.

TORCH AND HEATER.

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CHARLES L. GE FRORER, CF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA..

TORCH AND HEATER.

SPEOIFIQATION forming part ofv Letters Patent No. 662,191, datedNovember 20, 1900. Application led May 25, 1900. Serial No. 17,915. Nomodel.,l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. GE FRORER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Torches andHeaters, which improvement is fully7 set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a torch and heater provided with means wherebyshould the device be overturned and the Huid escape from the burner andWick tube into the coveringcap it will return into said reservoirWithout the formation of an air-cushion, as such cushion is destroyed bythe existence of au airpassage, as will be hereinafter described.

It also consists in providing the device with a stand for supporting acup or vessel to be heated and admitting of the placing of said standand cup in compact form on the torch and heater or the nesting of theparts.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a torch and heater embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a partial vertical section and a partialside elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation, showing thestand and cup or vessel in folded position on the body of the torch andheater. Fig. 4 represents a top View of a portion of the reservoir,

the wick and burner tube, and members adjacent to the latter.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a torch and heater, and B thereservoir thereof, the latter being adapted to contain alcohol or othersuitable fluid. Depending from the center of the top C of said reservoiris the collar D, which is interiorly screw-threaded for engagement ofthe burner and wick tube E, the lower portion of the latter having opennings F, whereby the fiuid may reach and saturate the wick in said tube.On the top C are the ears G, from which rise a stand composed of thelegs H of the supporting-ring J, the latter being of annular form andadapted to receive the depressed base of the cup or vessel K, it beingnoticed that said legs may be removed from the ears G and inverted withthe ring J, the cup also being removable and adapted to be placed overthe reservoir B from below, the parts assuming the position shown inFig. 2, convenient for packing, storing, transportation, dac. In thering is a depression forming the loop L, whereby a curling-iron,soldering-tool, or similar device is adapted to be heated, said iron,dac., being placed in part in said loop, so as to rest on the basethereof and the end of the iron, dac., engaged with the under side ofthe ring, thus holding said iron, &c., nicely and firmly in positionwhile being subjected to the flame of the burner.

Rising from the top Cof the reservoir is the neck M, which is set backfrom the central opening from said top, leaving the shoulder-N, in whichis the vertical port P, the latter forming a communication between theinterior of said neck and the interior of the body B.

Qdesignatesahorizontal shoulder or Hange, which projects from theexterior of the sleeve R and rests on the shoulder N, without, however,covering the port P, it being noticed that said sleeve surrounds thewick-tube E, is secured thereto, and constitutes a portion of the burnerand is separated from Said tube, forming the air-passages S, which areopen throughout and having their lower ends in communication with theinterior of the body of the reservoir B.

As a convenient means of forming the airpassages S the sleeve R isconstructed in corrugated or serpentine form, which leave channelsbetween said sleeve and the Wicktube E,'constituting the air-passages S,as most plainly seen in Fig. 4:.

T designates a cap for extinguishing the ame and preventing evaporationof the alcohol or fluid when the device is not in use.

It will be seen that When the capisremoved the wick may be lighted,producinga torch or, if desired, a heat for the cup or vessel or otherarticle K when the latter occupies the stand formed by the ring J andlegs H asv supported on the reservoir B. When the cup and stand areremoved and the cap applied, the device may be readily carriedin apocket, Satchel, &c. or by hand, and should it be overturned the alcoholor liuid may enter said cap Without leakage at the cap. I/Vhen thedevice is restored or stood upright, the alcohol or fluid will iiowthrough the port P into ihe reservoir B, While the air in the IOOlatter, instead of forming an air-cushion to prevent the return of thealcohol orv fluid, will escape through the passages S into the cap T orneck M, the effect of which is evident. p

If desired, the stand may be raised to re move the legs H from the earsGr. The stand is thenl slightly turned and lowered, when the legstelescope over the reservoir B, as shown dotted in Fig. l, the cup beingthe same as in Fig. 3 and receiving said legs, thus placing the parts incompact condition.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a torch and heater, the combination of a reservoir, a burner andwick tube dipping into the same, means for supporting said tube in saidreservoir, and a closing-cap for said tube, the top of said reservoirbeing provided with a port communicating with the bottom of said cap,and the burner and wick tube being formed with a channel providingcommunication between said reservoir and top of said cap.

2. In a torch and heater, the combination of a reservoir, a wick-tubeand a sleeve surrounding the same forming a burner, which dips into saidreservoir, means for supporting said tube in said reservoir and aclosingcap for said tube, the top of said reservoir being provided witha port forming a communication between said reservoir and bottom of saidcap, said sleeve being spaced from said wick-tube forming an air-passageproviding communication between said res ervoir and top of said cap. 1

3. In a torch and heater, a reservoir, a wick-tube dipping into thesame, a sleeve surrounding said tube and forming therewith a burneiyanda fiange projecting from said sleeve and being seated on said reservoiras a support for said tube, said sleeve being corrugated and partlysecured to said tube, and parts spaced therefrom forming air-passagesleading from the reservoir to theJ top of the burner.

4. In a device of the character stated, a burner, a closing-captherefor, a reservoir having a port in the top thereof and a neck risingfrom said top outside of said port said port being between said burnerand neck and a vertically-corrugated sleeve encircling the exterior ofthe burner the openings formed by the corrugation being in communicationwith the interior ot the reservoir and the interior of a closing-capover the burner.

5. In a combined torch and heater, a reservoir, with ears projectingfrom the periphery of the top thereof, a ring havinglegs dependingtherefrom, the lower ends of the same being removably fitted in saidears, and a cup adapted to be seated on said ring or to surround thelower end ot the reservoir, and the legs of the ring being adapted toslide over the upper end of the reservoir and to tit between thereservoir and the body o' the cap when the parts are nested.

6. In a combinedtorch and heater, a reservoir having a top and a burnerin said top, in combination with a ring having a loop and dependinglegs, said top being provided with ears which project from the peripherythereof and removably receive the lower ends of said legs.

CHARLES L. GE FRORER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM.

